Two bodies recovered from bay Saturday

Okaloosa County Sheriff deputies, Florida Fish and Wilidlife Conservation Commission officers and Coast Guard sailors, use divers to search for bodies missing in the bay from an apparent boat crash in the Choctawhatchee Bay

NICK TOMECEK / Daily News

By LAUREN DELGADO / Daily News

Published: Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 01:44 PM.

Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two more boating accident victims.

The body of 47-year-old Robert E. Williams of Niceville was found near the accident sight at the Mid-Bay Bridge and a woman’s body was found in Joe’s Bayou in Destin, said Stan Kirkland, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The FWC is continuing its investigation after the body of 18-year-old Taylor M. Evanoff of Niceville was pulled from Choctawhatchee Bay about a mile south of Dana Point on Friday afternoon, according FWC spokesman Stan Kirkland.

A search team discovered a damaged piling under the bridge and evidence of a boat accident about a half-mile north of Legendary Marine in Destin shortly after Evanoff’s body was recovered, Kirkland said.

A taxi cab receipt was found on Evanoff. That led officials to learn that she and two other people were dropped off at Legendary Marine on Thursday night, Kirkland said.

Divers located Williams' body Saturday morning while searching near the wreckage, Kirkland said. He was the registered owner of the sunken boat.

The woman’s body was found in Joe’s Bayou on Saturday evening, Kirkland said.

No more details were available Saturday night.

The search has been completed, but officials will return to remove the boat this week, Kirkland said.

The Coast Guard and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search.

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The body of 47-year-old Robert E. Williams of Niceville was found near the accident sight at the Mid-Bay Bridge and a woman’s body was found in Joe’s Bayou in Destin, said Stan Kirkland, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The FWC is continuing its investigation after the body of 18-year-old Taylor M. Evanoff of Niceville was pulled from Choctawhatchee Bay about a mile south of Dana Point on Friday afternoon, according FWC spokesman Stan Kirkland.

A search team discovered a damaged piling under the bridge and evidence of a boat accident about a half-mile north of Legendary Marine in Destin shortly after Evanoff’s body was recovered, Kirkland said.

A taxi cab receipt was found on Evanoff. That led officials to learn that she and two other people were dropped off at Legendary Marine on Thursday night, Kirkland said.

Divers located Williams' body Saturday morning while searching near the wreckage, Kirkland said. He was the registered owner of the sunken boat.

The woman’s body was found in Joe’s Bayou on Saturday evening, Kirkland said.

No more details were available Saturday night.

The search has been completed, but officials will return to remove the boat this week, Kirkland said.

The Coast Guard and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search.